Show me the racism, because I’m not seeing it. Because Pooh is yellow? I think that’s a stretch. The guy has a passing resemblance to Pooh I think is the long and short of it, no more racist than Cheeto/Trump. Yes libs are annoying and often racist, but AFAIK calling this racist unfortunately has no ground to stand on.

  • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    He in no way bears a passing resemblance to Pooh. Pooh is a cartoon bear with basically no human features. The meme originated in China from a picture of Obama and Xi walking side by side in a stride that matched a picture of Tigger and Pooh walking. It had nothing to do with Xi "looking" like Pooh. American libs then invented an idea that Xi banned Winnie the Pooh from China out of whole cloth and made memes comparing Xi to Pooh The image I always see libs use has Xi edited to add ears, a nose, and outright painting him yellow. It's an excuse to dehumanize and yellow face an Asian man. It's racist.

    • davel [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Thanks, I’ve never understood where it started or why, though I do know the rest, like the dumb censorship rumors.